a number of civilian hostages are dead with more being held at gunpoint by islamic terrorists in algeria that's in retaliation for the french assault in neighboring mali but paris maintains its actions are justified. force to tackle the hostage crisis in algeria british prime minister david cameron yet again delays a long anticipated address aimed at tackling the issue of ukraine's future role within the european union. and as israeli voters prepare to head to the polls next tuesday we'll look into why prime minister benjamin netanyahu is seeing his

support at the way. warm welcome to you live from our studios in moscow you're watching r t with me i need to now it's five pm here in the russian capital two pm in aus years now islamic terrorists are still holding an international group of hostages at a gas plant in algeria with the local military continuing their attempts to free the captives a number of civilians were killed during an unannounced rescue attempt by algerian forces which drew anger from the international community well the militants say they're acting in revenge for the french intervention in neighboring mali but france maintains its only helps justify its campaign as probably now reports. wildly varying reports as to the number of casualties how many hostages are dead

but we do know that at least two civilian workers two brits have been killed and up to as many as thirty more international hostages could be dead now these are peaceful civilians from all around the world that were working at the facility they've suddenly found themselves in the middle of this very dangerous situation where the algerian military have apparently been criticized for going in guns blazing you know the u.k. and the u.s. have already complained that they weren't really warned in advance that this rescue operation was taking place and they've got a number of citizens there at the moment it's very sketchy still what's going on but david cameron over in the u.k. has already warned britons to brace themselves for multiple casualties and for more bad news potentially on the way so we're just trying to get a clearer picture of what's going on there at the moment many were very surprised

at how quickly fronts wattle and jumped into this intervention just one week ago when the strikes in the north of mali began and of course with the crisis now the sakes with the crisis in algeria the stakes are really getting much higher we've got a number of civilian casualties from countries that aren't even fronts from the u.k. from britain from japan all in this very dangerous situation and a lot of political analysts saying that yes other terrorist attacks in retaliation for the french military offensive in mali of very much a possibility now we've also got critics over in the u.k. and in the u.s. saying that this is the place that the allies of france are now paying for supporting this intervention that was quite a hastily planned and a bit of a surprise announcement last week so of course france wyland he needs to speak. the crisis to citizen needs and he said that the behavior of these militants and the

very brutal reports that we're receiving from the gas compound in algeria that justifies he says the french military intervention in mali up until a few days ago almost two thirds of the french public supported this military intervention in mali but for francois hollande that could change very very quickly as we're seeing these civilian casualties pile up i mean we know that we had civilian casualties in the ground in mali you know throughout the course of last week but this crisis has really upped the stakes with a number of western casualties and other countries now being dragged into the situation this is turning into a very sticky and difficult situation for all and and of course this is a man who was voted in last year in france for his rather peaceful credentials he actually said that he wanted to cut his paternalistic ties with former french

colonies but we've seen him jump into this conflict very very quickly and a lot of political analysts are also saying that it could turn into a real quagmire and that these islamist groups these al qaeda linked groups could actually be much stronger in the region then of the french previously anticipated so it could turn into a much longer conflict than anybody thought. let's now get some reaction a little analyst alex corbo durning us from brussels thank you for being with us too out of three french supported this intervention at the beginning of the week will the french people continue to stand by francois hollande even though this intervention is clearly leading to increased. and mounting terrorist threats. i don't believe that the public will continue to support a please don't force word on the news a. military operation is in merely because when he was elected sixty four percent

of the french public. considered that. afonso an aunt. would not be able to take all need to national crisis compared to thirty percent for extras and sarkozy so i believe that. and this public support is temporary and that sooner or sooner or later the french public will realize that it's and this is all it's an end this is a re were a costly war and longer much more than planned and of course a lot might have some explaining to do i mean the unrest in mali began a year ago or so why has france stepped in only now and what have been easier to kind of do do something in terms of curbing the islamists in attacks back then. you know. there were there were plans to i mean the planning of the military intervention. began one year ago but the fact that the.

extremists. to. see a week ago triggered the french retiree intervention it was quite a rush actually and that's why our allies didn't really jump in as a first as the french army but your feeling that you you know let's let's take a step back and let's look at the cost of this well you know. prior to one incident it's dangerous about that about the euro crisis about the ramifications financially can france afford this. absolutely not you know finance. doesn't have a dime to fail and. we all know we in sixteen different military operations around the world and nearly easy is the last one. the big dept reprise and eighty

six percent of our g.d.p. and the the budget has not been balanced since nine hundred seventy four clearly we don't have a cent to finance another unnecessary war what prospects do you think we can expect from the conflict itself in terms of violence in africa and in the read it how far could this spread how far could this bullied. i think that is so it's really a clear example of. the fact that when you. when you start military intervention in a foreign country it triggers the case kate of and attended consequences we have no we know just a clear example of this blowback. you have french of course but algerian british japanese. civilians being killed. as a minute and consequences of our military intervention in mali so what we are doing

is we are trading a potential threat. by by an actual. annex will count of because really it is and we are talking with civilians here so it's really we have to realize that when you when you when you do a military intervention in a free country it triggers consequences that are not planned and this conflict will is will you will expend. in mali you know joe you're in neighborhood countries and when we will push back. the extremists then who knows where they're going to. to go to i mean they come from algeria they come from libya they went to mali if we if we if we start to really beat them there they're going to go in countries are we really prepared to fight a war in their will worst in africa i don't think so all right live from brussels

political analyst alex corbell thank you very much for your analysis thank you. well we want to know what you think the fallout from algeria hostage crisis will be you can head to our web site r.t. dot com and take part in our latest poll let's take a look at some of the numbers that we're getting in so far the largest percentage about fifty two believe islamists retaliate. it will grow and that cross border conflict will continue almost a quarter or so will leave that nato led campaign in africa will happen perhaps something similar to what we saw in libya twenty one percent believe there will be some kind of french reoccupation of mali and the smallest percent believes that will see a western troop pullout and that will be isolated but we want to know what you think go online and have your say today on the situation an intervention in mali. britain's prime minister has warned the u.k.

to prepare for bad news confirming several british citizens have been captured by militants in algeria the crisis for david cameron to postpone his long awaited address on britain's status within the e.u. which was he was due to deliver this friday details now from archie's sara for. going hostage situation in algeria of course that was the reason for the postponement but of course we've seen some of the extracts coming out of that speech that he was key to give in the netherlands today and certainly there was some strong words in it he said that there was a gap between the and his citizens and that if something wasn't done to address these challenges that europe could a very strong message that the prime minister was going to be given this is really considered a very pivotal point in his leadership and a hugely important speech for the extraction quite a positive tone actually overall perhaps more positive than many of the euro

skeptics would have liked to see he has some points on it that he talks about in sort of growing and building this relationship with the e.u. now we know that there was thought going to be put on the table the possibility of a referendum deal that would take place after the twenty fifth the general election a lot of concern here that that will leave britain a plane two years of uncertainty but actually what the prime minister was going to highlight is this would be starting the firing guns so to speak on the big debate of britain's relationship with the e.u. we haven't heard yet when the next date will be after this latest because payment of course we've seen is still a number of times already so there's a lot of consensus of the the talk around this that all the hype around this is building hasn't really being seen as having contributed hugely to helping get clarity on this issue and i think what people are going to be looking for from the speech when it eventually comes is for some clarity in leadership. robert oulds

a british conservative party politician and director of the bruges group says david cameron can no longer delay solving this longstanding problem. he needs to set a clear course of what he's going to be doing regarding the european union have a clear distinctive workable policy to fail to do that just keeps the speculation going and keeps the infighting in the conservative party continuing so really he needs to get a grip on this policy as soon as possible and perhaps not try and ally having a referendum till some time after the next general election that's even if he is prime minister of the whole of it before that would be the best way to end the uncertainty and so we know exactly where we are going britain pays billions each year to the european union we have enormous costs put on the british economy as a result of excessive e.u. regulations and e.u. policies they just don't work for this country it's more of a hindrance than it is

a help to the british economy and of course it undermines our own democracy and the option is quite simply to either stay in the european union as it is which doesn't work for many different people or of course leave the european union and negotiate a. basis of a relationship that's purely built around trade and the sooner david cameron delivers the wishes of the british people and the turns power or exits the european union the better. coming up to quarter past the hour here in moscow still ahead a revival and crime the artistic director of the ball so i had the honor treated in hospital personal burns after an acid attack in central moscow that's coming up. download the official application to your cell phone choose your language stream

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here with r t live from moscow polls conducted by two israeli newspapers suggest prime minister benjamin netanyahu is set to win the upcoming parliamentary poll in just four days time yet his support appears to read when dealing with many right wing voters now regarding netanyahu his policies as too soft artie's policy or looks into what challenges he could face if reelected. he's the surprise success story of the diction campaign one twin millionaire who says a palestinian state would be suicide for israel enough to be bennett used to work for prime minister netanyahu but now he's working at taking supporters away from him like this man who used to be a diehard supporter of netanyahu so he could party until these elections world around the likud is. a bus full of right wing members of knesset with

a lift wing person driving the bus. as far as being i mean. even though i am opposed to it. i would say most members of the likud obviously when a minute is for it the irony is that while the world sees netanyahu as a right wing leader at home he's losing face among supporters for not being focused enough this is part of the right wing campaign he's up against there are some things we all know will never happen the sopranos will never return for another season. will not grow an afro and a peace agreement with the palestinians will not happen promises like this have put bennett's jewish home party in food position it's poised to take more than twelve percent of parliamentary seats analysts say little yahoo while still expected to serve another term is running scared he's up his rhetoric i say in the most clear of terms the western wall is not occupied territory i don't care what the un says

we will build in jerusalem because it's our right not on your hands we could list has grown even more right wing with radicals like this woman high up in the pecking order. but then the league would be taken apart it is a party with values the state of israel is a state of the jews whose eternal capital is jerusalem. but what will be the implications of such rhetoric after the elections many israelis are asking themselves about the day after will netanyahu become more rightwing and risk drawing israel into conflicts with its neighbors or will he back down and risk losing face among his supporters. is hoping for the latter that netanyahu will listen to world opinion and reach a compromise with the palestinians he knows all too well what the current cycle of violence can bring speakers daughter was killed in a suicide bombing seventeen years ago. we don't have unfortunately in the center

and the left. leader who is significantly charismatic to lead this country and give its people hope the left is also divided but i do think netanyahu will find a way to compromise because of world pressure but that compromise won't come easy enough to be bennett's solution to the israeli palestinian conflict is to annex most of the west bank while allowing palestinians a limited self rule in the west and while that might put seem a possible idea to most of the international community it's exactly what his constituency wants to hear a fact in a time yahoo is acutely aware of policy r.t. television. and r.t. will be closely following the campaign trail in israel including the election next tuesday for in-depth coverage stay tuned to our two year visit our website r.t.e. dot com. how will change with to run develop we'll settle the expansion isolate can there be peace with gaza what's next in relations with america will netanyahu

survive his snuff election on january twenty second. israel decides. pakistan's government has reached a deal with muslim cleric to hear conjuring to hold mass protests in the capital tens of thousands of his supporters and at a sit in after he convinced islamabad to dissolve the parliament in march ahead of elections now it comes amid rising anger over widespread corruption allegations the government has rejected an order by pakistan's supreme court where the prime minister over alleged corruption a police officer involved in the investigation has been found to head the man is said to have been found hanged in a government hospital in the capital where he lived with colleagues party spoke exclusively to the protest leader behind the anti-government uproar before he reached a deal with officials. when i see evolution we should keep in your mind in egypt in tunis in libya and all these countries there were lead to the dictatorship

for years and years for a long time. and that people stood up against that in iran there was it when eric year rule of sharon shah the people stood up against their. party stanek is bit different there is no one else rude neither monadic elude nor a military dictatorship here is electoral authority and twenty billion is electoral dictatorship true democracy does not exist in this society neither in political field nor in social field nor in economic field nor democracy so this is a law lessness total chaos and anarchy in this country goma distorted dysfunctional . saw that this is the single nation single country in the whole muslim world having a nuclear capability and if the same situation continues there could be a very big disaster if we come to the level of collapse so out of this margin

movement is anti corruption to educate our society from corruption and this is need of the whole muslim world. the whole turd world and developing muslim countries we have to get to good of corruption and corrupt leaders. well be sure to catch the full exclusive interview with tell here qadri here on r t at six pm g.m.t. . for the arts director of moscow's bolshoi theatre sergei filin is being treated in hospital for severe chemical birds after an unidentified man port acid on his face in central moscow my colleague marina john she discussed the attack with artie's alexy are chefs. so good feeling the artistic director of the bolshoi theater walked away from his house this morning he was approached by a man who called him out by his name when he turned around to face the man the assailant threw a ball of acid into his face so gay feeling was delivered to a hospital and reportedly now doctors are fighting to save his eyesight but it

would take at least six months according to the doctors for him to fully recuperate from this attack according to the press secretary of the bolshoi sergei filin has been intimidated for several months now he has cost tires were slashed his facebook page was hacked just a few days ago and he also received some threat calls on his mobile phone but clearly even the people in the bolshoi have no idea who could have attacked the artistic director of the theater who has been there for more than a year now ever since the bolshoi reopened with a grandiose new design a new style the law enforcement agencies have now started a criminal investigation into the case but definitely this story is shocking especially given the fact that today is the bolshoi's i one hundred eighty eight day and such a tragic day for one of its key figures is definitely making the headlines now in russia there have been reports of some conflicting interest in the bolshoi theater

and that feeling could be the victim of some infighting that you mentioned earlier what more can you tell us well as i've said there's always been some kind of infighting inside the theater but still nobody has any idea who could have done that the investigation is promising to be a thorough one with many obviously will be questioned and suspected of that but clearly it is a very early to say who could have done that such a attack comes very shocking especially that there's been no previous record of anything like this in the bolshoi theater. now it's been reported that russia's former defense minister could find himself in the center of a criminal case and the thirty third to call it is now being investigated over allegations of abusing power the program's already revealed that some top defense officials ordered soldiers to landscape the gardens of the military a vacation facility belonging to surgical his brother in law the defense ministry has been at the center of a multimillion dollar embezzlement scandal for several months now so do call it was

fired by president putin in november and has been a witness in a number of fraud cases involving his former colleagues. look now at some other from around the world i'm sure the latest round of talks officials from the u.n. nuclear watchdog are returning from iran without securing a deal on investigating suspected atomic bomb research i.a.e.a. inspectors have been denied access to a military site which they've been trying to get inside for several years now more talks are scheduled for mid february the u.s. and israel have long accused iran of efforts to develop nuclear weapons which it denies. greek lawmakers have turned on a former finance minister accused of hampering attacks probe they voted to investigate george papaconstantinou in o.o. her claims he removed his relatives names from a list of tax evasion suspects called the guard lift to france handed over the names of more than two thousand greeks listed as holding accounts in

a swiss branch of h.s.b.c. couple constantino claims he's been scapegoated and denies any wrongdoing. up next the trials and tribulations of a russian man left to care for his children after the death of his wife leave it to dad is coming up after this break. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin is a big picture. she

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